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Local Legislators Urge Routine HPV Shots for Males as LDP Group Renews Push
A cross-party association of local assembly members has called for Japan to extend routine HPV vaccinations to males, submitting a request on November 20 to a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers’ league that is also seeking gender-neutral shots under the…
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